I have an original color slide of one in service, but I will have to look it up and see where and when. It may have not been on the Keokuk Branch and somewhere...
Does anyone know how many levers the Jacksonville, Illinois tower had? (I'm assuming that it used "Armstrong" levers.) I understand the GM&O, Burlington and...
Chet, Over the past few months I've been cataloging articles, projects and prototype drawings that are of interest to me from each issue of my expanding (via ...
... and ... expanding (via ... using an Excel ... you the ... Craftsman ... wondered if it ... Dick, I am not familiar with that article. I did work for the...
Say, split room expenses 50/50? Am just getting around to sending in my reservation to the Wabash RR Historical Society and making reservations for a room. I...
Chet, Yes, if I remember correctly Jim Boyd was the author. I will check it out again to verify. Regards, Dick Bowman **************It's only a deal if it's...
Does anyone have any photos of this tower with enough definition that the bricks could be counted for dimensions? I have a couple of photos by the late Dr....
I have started construction and think I have all I need for now. Dr. Drake was thoughtful in photographing all sides for the tower article but by that time the...
Victor, All this talk of your work on your layout, reminds me that you had/have a web site with photos of your layout. Has it been updated lately, and what is...
Greetings! Thank you for allowing me to join the group. We conduct estate and personal property liquidations. We have, in an etstate, a very nice selection...
Contact: Clayton Rattin P.O. Box 331 Bourbonnais, IL 60914 815-939-2479 Clayton is a dealer in railroad items and is always looking to buy collections...
Gary: You must have me confused with someone else as I have never had a website. But that is a possibility later... Victor ... had/have a web site with photos...
... Big Turkey Lake, a 450-acre body of water divided by the LaGrange- Steuben county line, will have portions of its bottom restored to "historical depths"...
Victor I remember seeing a photospread in a Trains magazine around ten years ago...it was taken at ground level and I believe the photographer was Mr. Ingles....
I would appreciate any suggestions from the group on things to checkout/photograph enroute to the meet on October. I'm interested in any structures, roadbed...
Mike, you know how to pull my string don't you? Because of lack of material so far, the Stroh Branch built at the end of the last century will have to be...
In Sulzer's "Ghost Railroads of Indiana" (Chapter 7, page 153) he says that the cement plant closed in fall 1941 and the branch was abandoned February 1, 1945...
John, Reader's Digest version: From Meredosia, cross Illinois River on Highway 104 (the only way you can cross). A short distance across the bridge, turn...
Hi Folks, I have placed an updated file listing the interlocking towers that had some Wabash involvement. The file as you will see is a long way from complete...
Interesting list, and one that I will keep in case, in my travels, I am near any of the towns that still have them. I find them fascinating. I also have a...
I am going way out on a limb and start sawing. I grew up in Wabash, Indiana I remember or think I do a tower on the west side of Town, just west of the General...
Two towers in Springfield Illinois. Stearne's Tower and Ilse Tower.. Stearne's crossed the IC on the North side of town. Iles crossed the GM&O on the South...
Hi Folks, Thanks to those two people who responded. I have corrected added and updated the file again today. It is now on line in the groups files section. ...
Thanks for posting your list, Peter. Rest assured that there are people out here who (like you) are interested in interlockers. I'd like to make a couple of...
Hi folks, I have had some additional data on a number of Wabash towers from list members. I have updated the file and placed the revised version in the files...
List, Does anyone have any copies of Wabash condensed profiles? I'm primarily interested in the area between Montpelier and Clarke Jct (4th District..I think...
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